Robert Hoberman, 27, an attorney from Lakewood, said he doesn't approve of Christie and that it comes down to a "matter of style.''

"He's needlessly overaggressive and bullies. A lot of times it prevents the government from functioning as it should,'' Hoberman said. "Things don't get done as they would with a different approach.''

Hoberman, a registered Democrat, said he had the same low regard for Christie before the GWB scandal rocked the administration.

"I can't say he had anything to do with the lane closings but he may have created an environment where someone under him felt empowered to orchestrate it,'' Hoberman said.

Meanwhile, Brick resident Nick Voskian, 86, said he has been a Christie supporter throughout.

"Look what the Democrats tried to do by pushing (fully funding) the pension plan even though we don't have the money for it. Where the heck is all this money coming from? He was right to fight back. It's not bullying. It's him knowing how to play the game,'' said Voskian, who is retired from a career in marine shipping.

Voskian said his backing of Christie was unaffected the GWB incident.

"That's a big joke. I don't think he was involved. After all these months, they don't have anything on him,'' Voskian said.

Monmouth University polling director Patrick Murray said Christie overall took a hit in his job ratings "in the aftermath of the Bridgegate email revelations, but those numbers bottomed out within a month."

"His personal rating also dropped, with the scandal causing many New Jerseyans to say they didn't know what to make of Christie's character. Those views are taking a little longer to settle," Murray added.

When asked whether they approve or disapprove of the governor's decision to cut the pension payment, 49 percent of those surveyed said they had no opinion. Also, 57 percent had no opinion when asked whether Christie had no other option but to cut the payment.

A firm majority -- 62 percent -- of those surveyed, however, believe the state's pension costs are out of control. Christie gets his share of the blame for the pension problem -- 35 percent say he is "a lot" to blame, but the Legislature's role in the pension issue is roundly panned by respondents. Fifty-nine percent say lawmakers are "a lot" to blame for the pension problem.

Despite Christie's repeated statements that he had no personal prior knowledge of the bridge scandal, 46 percent of those polled believe he was involved, a number that is basically unchanged since April. Again, though, the Legislature takes a hit on its investigation of the lane-closures, with 58 percent of those polled saying the special investigative committee is going after the governor.

The poll was conducted between June 25 and June 29 among 800 adult residents of New Jersey. It has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.